Courrières
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Carvin | |
| Community association | Henin-Carvin | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 27 ' N , 2 ° 57' E | |
| height | 22-38 m | |
| surface | 8.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 10,512 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,218 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62710 | |
| INSEE code | 62250 | |
| Website | Courrières | |
Courrières is a French municipality with 10,512 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France near the town of Lens . Here the canal Canal de Lens branches off from the canalised Deûle .
The twin town of Courrières is Weißenthurm , a small town on the Rhine near Koblenz. The Courrières mining disaster in 1906 claimed 1,099 lives.
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